The settlement of
Komsomolsky was built in 1962 to support
timber and
natural gas industries. The settlement grew as the gas fields of Western
Siberia were being explored, and the production association
Tyumentransgas (since 2007
GazpromTransgazYugorsk) developed. In March 1959, subdivisions of
railway troops started the construction of the "Ivdel-Ob" railway. The town was renamed Yugorsk in July 1992. The name originates from the name of the land "Yugra", or "Yugoria"—the place where the
Khanty and Mansi peoples live. ==Administrative and municipal status==